Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-20
HORSE GOSSIP,


Mr. Robert Bonner has two mares that
cost him 1000 each, Maud S. and Poca-
hontas. The last named has never pro
duced a colt.
A very satisfactory average was obtain
ed at the sale of l.. j. Roses trotting
stock, from sunny Slope, San Gabriel
Cal. by. Peter Kellogg & Co., at New
York last Friday. The 3G head sold
brought S25,235, an average of almost ex-
actly 500. The IA yearlings averaged S26S
Thirty-four head were of his get, and the
other two by his son, Kismet. Among
those bringing the highest prices were
Gloriana, or. M. March, 1888, d. Belleone
MaldhJ ;o s; Ferguson city, 5000 gr f.
Farm, Cornwall, Pa, $3.50 ; b. f., March,
March, 1884, same dc. Scoats, Goshen
n: ". $1,000 b. f.. February. 1884, d. Ce.
ella Clark-D. b. Harrington, Pough-
keepsie, n. Y, $ll00, and b. c., April. 1885,
d. Lady Graves-F. G. Fowler, Moodus,
Conn, $500.
A horseman at Shoreham says: evil
full is chestnut stallion, sired by Daniel
Lambert. He is called Warde's Lambert,
and is owned by Mr.. Page of Morrisville,
Vt, who can give his full breeding. He
was raised in this town"
Ed Bither will take Jay Eye. See to
Louisville and train him on the Glenrien
track.
Forty new members were added to the
New England association OF Trotting
Horse breeders at the meeting of the ex
ecutive committee last week
At the sales of yearling thoroughbreds
by Swigert at the Elmandorf farm Ky
Saturday last, AZ head were sold for $40,
939, an average of S1ls9.
The little trotting beauty Emma B., by
lIlland Gray, dam by Daniel Lambert,
has been sent to Island Park, Albany, n.
Y, and will be handled by A. j. Russell.
She is four years old and owned by f..
Bowman of Rutland, Vt, who owns the
choicely-bred fouryears- stallion Ned,
by Alcantara, dam, Rose, by knicker-
booker, which is doing an excellent bust
ness in the stud.
Giles II. Hawrcan of North Hero has a
colt 10 months old that he has refused 500
for several times, which he has recently
sold to h. f. Hawkins OF Springfield, Mass
the price for which is private. The sire of
the colt is Stargard and his dam is by Old
Earthquake, making a combination of
blood that is hard to beat. Mr.. Hawrican
sold Mr.. Hawkins an Earthquake mare
two years ago, and since the former has
tried to buy her back, but finds that Meth
er love nor money will do it.
1t is now alleged that Phyllis did not
die en- route to Europe, but a report of
her heath was circulated in order to ring
her III" for race against Blue Belle, who
is owned bya wealthy German. An eff
, fort was even made TO keep her departure
secret for the same purpose, but it failed
and the death story was started.
+. r. Brayton of Alburgh Centre writes
that Goodwins Hambletonian and Black
stone were never in better condition than
they are this spring. He thinks that
Blackstone can drop into the 2:30 list the
coming fall. There are a number of fine
colts in Alburgh by George Franklin, son
of Ben Franklin.
A Waitsfield reader says "In the years
1859 and 1860 | was travelling on business
| in the border towns of the eastern town
ships of Canada. Business called me over
the highways a good portion of the time
and noticed very large percentage of
the driving horses in Barnston, Hatley
and the neghborhood of Ayers Flat and
Magog were nicely modelled, easy step
ping jet black horses, just such animals
! as lady or gentleman would like to take
for pleasure driving. On inquiry | found
these horses had their origin in old Black
Morgan and the Harvey horse. his best
local son. Black Morgan was owned
by syndicate of farmers in Banston, z.
q. He was purchased of Dunbar Ide Of
Lyndon, VT, sired by horse at West Bar
net, son of Woodbury. Morgan, son of
Justin Morgan; subsequently the old
horse was purchased by George Ide of
Lyndon, brother of Dunbar, and died in
his ownership and care. The Harvey
horse was bred and kept for stock pur-
poses by a Mr. Harvey near Massassippi
village in Hantly. He left number of
nice stock horses, considered by some an
improvement on the old horse. | think
the type was taller and had more capacity
ct extension. They were all rated as
three minute horses, but somehow the
time and distance didn't seem to accord
very we'll"
Two great trotting brood mares, Her,
mosa and Judith, have just died at the
WOODBURY. stock farm, kentucky. each
of them being 26 years of age, The foals
of these two mares have quiet history
for themselves in the trotting world.